UNSPSC 76121905: Inorganic hazardous waste collection and disposal

Collection and disposal of inorganic waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment

UNSPSC 76121905 Inorganic hazardous waste collection and disposal (Commodity) covers pickup, transport, treatment, and final disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous inorganic waste streams generated by state and local government operations, including grease trap waste, septic waste, biosolids, leachate, treatment residuals, and specialty waste from transportation departments, water/wastewater utilities, correctional facilities, and health and human services agencies. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state transportation and public health departments, county commissions, cities, utility authorities, special districts, and independent school districts, with recent activity concentrated in Florida, California, Texas, Kansas, Michigan, and Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include the School Board of Volusia County, Florida's Notice of Intent to Single Source waste processing and disposal services for grease trap and septic waste with annual volumes of 608,000 gallons and an estimated contract value of $200,000 (posted October 19, 2026, responses due May 5, 2026); the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' competitive sealed bid for pumping, transportation, and disposal of leachate from the Southeast County Landfill on an as-needed basis with an estimated three-year contract value of $14.28 million (posted September 23, 2026, bids due October 14, 2026 under ITB-26-00422); and the California Department of Transportation's multiple IFBs for on-call hazardous waste disposal spanning eleven Northern California counties with a 5 percent small business preference, five percent DVBE incentive, and 25 percent small-business participation goal encouraged (posted October 15, 2026, bids due October 29, 2026).

The code sees steady quarterly activity across multiple jurisdictions. Recent opportunities show issuing bodies are buying integrated waste-stream management—intake, treatment, processing, transportation, and final disposal at permitted facilities in compliance with EPA, state environmental protection agency, and OSHA standards. Service response times typically range from 24 to 48 hours for routine pickups, with emergency response requirements of two to four hours in some solicitations. Contractors must hold hazardous materials transportation licenses, hazardous waste transporter registrations, EPA transporter IDs, and state-specific certifications such as California's Hazardous Substance Removal (HAZ) or Florida's biomedical waste transporter permits. Insurance requirements are substantial—typically $1 million to $5 million in Commercial General Liability and Pollution Liability coverage. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Florida (leachate, biomedical, septic waste), California (Caltrans multi-county hazmat disposal), and Texas (TDCJ asbestos and hazardous waste), with secondary activity in the Upper Midwest (Michigan, Wisconsin), the Southeast (Georgia), and the Southwest (Arizona, Kansas). Many solicitations are structured as term contracts with renewal options rather than true single-source awards, and several explicitly reserve the right to make multiple awards or establish blanket purchase agreements. This code represents active, recurring procurement demand with moderate technical entry barriers and established set-asides or participation goals in most state-agency solicitations.